General Awareness

Sports Training and Athletics

2,262 Questions

Sports training and athletics questions focus on sports injuries, weightlifting techniques, and Paralympic events. Candidates learn about conditioning programs and historical Olympic events. These questions are commonly found in the general awareness section of multiple competitive exams.

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Sports Training and Athletics Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Skating

  2. Croquet

  3. Swimming

  4. Rifle Shooting

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Breaststroke is one of the four competitive swimming strokes, along with freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly. The name comes from the arm movement which resembles a sweeping motion in front of the chest. It is not related to skating, croquet, or rifle shooting.

Multiple choice
  1. swimming

  2. boxing

  3. horse racing

  4. polo

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Steeplechase originated as a horse racing format where horses raced across country, jumping over obstacles like stone walls and ditches. While there is also an athletics steeplechase event with barriers, the term's origins are in horse racing.

Multiple choice
  1. figure skating

  2. boxing

  3. swimming

  4. tennis

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tonya Harding is a former American figure skater who gained notoriety in the 1990s. She was the 1991 U.S. champion and 1991 World Championship silver medalist before her career became overshadowed by the controversy involving Nancy Kerrigan. She is not associated with boxing, swimming, or tennis.

Multiple choice
  1. to decrease friction

  2. to increase speed

  3. to balance the body

  4. to increase friction

  5. to easily change the direction

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Athletes wear spiked shoes to increase friction so that they get a firm grip on the ground.

Multiple choice
  1. CADB

  2. BCAD

  3. ADCB

  4. ABCD

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

It is an easy question. Sentence 1 introduces to us the sport called figure skating and sentences A, B, D describe various types of figure skating competitions. Only sentence C is quite general to suit in with sentence 1 and also it is sentence C, which introduces the different types of competitions. Therefore, 3 should begin the order of sentences. This choice of order is available only in option (1), therefore, the correct answer is 1.

Multiple choice
  1. a book on athletics

  2. an Olympics oath

  3. a disease

  4. a novel by Jesse Owens

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Athlete's foot is a common fungal infection that affects the skin on the feet, particularly between the toes. It is caused by dermatophyte fungi and is not related to athletics, books, or any literary work. The condition causes itching, burning, and cracked skin.

Multiple choice
  1. aerial stem

  2. sub-aerial stem

  3. climbers

  4. twiners

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Runners, stolons, offsets, and suckers are all sub-aerial stem modifications that grow horizontally at or just above ground level for vegetative propagation. Aerial stems grow upright; climbers and twiners are growth habits not stem types.

Multiple choice
  1. The Sign

  2. The 4-Dash

  3. The Spin Vector

  4. The Tick

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Reebok logo is indeed called 'The Sign' or 'The Vector' - it features two diagonal stripes representing movement and speed. However, 'The Sign' is the name given to this logo design. The other options (4-Dash, Spin Vector, The Tick) are not the correct names for Reebok's logo. Note: This might be considered dated or very specific branding knowledge that may have changed over time.

Multiple choice
  1. croquet

  2. rifle shooting

  3. skiing

  4. swimming

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Breaststroke is one of the four competitive swimming styles, along with freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly. It is the slowest of the four main strokes but is also one of the oldest, with swimmers facing forward and performing a frog-like kick while keeping their head above water.

Multiple choice
  1. Strain

  2. Sprain

  3. Tension

  4. Fracture

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A sprain is an injury caused by excessive stretching or tearing of ligaments, the tough bands of tissue connecting bones. Strains affect muscles/tendons, tension is force, and fracture is a break in bone. The term specifically refers to ligament damage.